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Election observation is complementary to political monitoring by the Congress, says Günther Krug

Election observation is complementary to political monitoring by the Congress, says Günther Krug
[08/07/2010]

''Strong and independent municipalities are an important factor for the further democratic development of the country. In this regard, the elections of 30 May 2010 were an important test for the maturity of the local self-government system in Georgia,'' Congress Vice-President Günther Krug (Germany, SOC) pointed out at the conference on local and regional development in Europe, in Batumi on 8 July 2010. He said that election observation by the Congress was complementary to its monitoring of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, and presented a new Congress strategy and rules to improve the quality of this exercise and increase its impact.